Enter opens the highlighted result. Esc closes.

Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling Small

Mistral Large 4 leads Inkling Small on coding, 56.4 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling Small costs 3.5x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.18 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 55 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Mistral Large 4 Replace Inkling Small
Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
Coding
56.4
Overall
54.6
Output $/M
$4.18
52
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
3
vs boards won of 55 shared

Mistral Large 4 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Pick Mistral Large 4 for coding: it scores 56.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small.

Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.18 per million) and work measured by Epoch Capabilities Index or GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run), where it leads.

Model AMistral Large 4Mistral AI56.4/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
55
Mistral Large 4 only
26
Inkling Small only
29
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Mistral Large 4 56.4 from 5 benchmarks, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 22.2 points apart on average over 10 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Mistral Large 4 78.4% against Inkling Small 19.1%, 59.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Large 4 $4.18 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.5x apart.
Context window
Mistral Large 4 takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling Small 524K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMistral Large 4BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding100
Intelligence11
Agentic work50
Reasoning61
Math60
Knowledge60
General181
All shared boards523
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index100
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
LiveBench coding60.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena WebDev15431409Mistral Large 4
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.9Only Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)27.8%0.0%Mistral Large 4
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)78.4%19.1%Mistral Large 4
Code migration (Vals AI)30.6%13.7%Mistral Large 4
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)45.3%9.3%Mistral Large 4
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)33.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)14.3%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCode54.2%49.7%Mistral Large 4
FrontierCode39.4%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
ALE-Bench1213.2Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: coding14781450Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: software and IT14671447Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: React15591399Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: HTML14871398Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index38.425.7Mistral Large 4
Epoch Capabilities Index150.0150.3Inkling Small
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured23.5Only Inkling Small measured
LiveBench research28.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LiveBench browser8.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LiveBench long agentic11.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)54.7%41.3%Mistral Large 4
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)30.4%15.4%Mistral Large 4
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)31.7%25.5%Mistral Large 4
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)17.5%2.9%Mistral Large 4
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)56.2%31.8%Mistral Large 4
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)67.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LiveBench reasoning83.9%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)12.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured89.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)35.0%33.3%Mistral Large 4
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)88.1%88.5%Inkling Small
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Chess puzzles33.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Mystery game puzzles17.0%6.0%Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: hard prompts14441423Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: expert14441441Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14421429Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: diagrams12881251Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.3%90.0%Mistral Large 4
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.6%46.3%Mistral Large 4
FrontierMath, tier 426.8%17.1%Mistral Large 4
ProofBench10.0%6.0%Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: math14691459Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: mathematical work14621441Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)40.7%37.9%Mistral Large 4
SimpleQA Verified20.0%19.1%Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: science14481428Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14331413Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: legal and government14251415Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: business and finance14391413Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1257Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: UI components1272Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: game dev1225Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: data viz1275Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: 3D1252Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1259Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: SVG1232Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1202Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LiveBench design65.6%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index181
General benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LiveBench data analysis76.5%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)80.4%84.1%Inkling Small
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)81.3%75.7%Mistral Large 4
DTBench88.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMCA35.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Surface Evolver Bench28.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Furniture assembly20.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text14311413Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: instruction following14221399Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: creative writing13631334Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision12721237Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: English14331421Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: non-English14221401Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Chinese14921464Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1408Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: Japanese14151401Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1367Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: French14921435Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Spanish14551422Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Russian14171394Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14351416Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: longer queries14281402Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: writing and language13861357Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13781352Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: English12831243Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading text12841243Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkMistral Large 4Inkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Mistral Large 4$0.0034Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Large 4$0.081Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Large 4$0.314Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small
SpecificationMistral Large 4Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerMistral AIThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 6, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$1.36$0.45
Output $/Mtok$4.18$1.20
Coding index56.427.3
Independent measurements behind it54
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Large 4 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Pick Mistral Large 4 for coding: it scores 56.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small. Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.18 per million) and work measured by Epoch Capabilities Index or GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Inkling Small?

Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 per million input tokens and $4.18 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 4 or Inkling Small?

Mistral Large 4, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

55 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Large 4's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

Compare next

Embed this comparison on your site

Free under CC BY 4.0, while the source link stays visible. Preview the frame · Terms and other embeds

<iframe src="https://llmbenchmark.ai/embed/compare/mistral-large-4-0-vs-thinkingmachines-inkling-small" title="Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling Small, LLMBenchmark.ai" width="100%" height="360" style="border:0;max-width:100%" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font:13px/1.4 sans-serif;margin:6px 0 0">Source: <a href="https://llmbenchmark.ai/compare/mistral-large-4-0-vs-thinkingmachines-inkling-small">LLMBenchmark.ai, Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling Small</a></p>